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PlanetSKI has been in Val Thorens in France, the highest resort in the Alps, for its Opening Weekend.

Which is rather fortunate as we’re in the mountains of Japan before the first flakes have fallen. Checking out resorts & more besides.

We’re having an autumn look at the mountains in Japan. First Hokkaido & now it’s time for the Japanese Alps on the main island.

We’re currently nosing round the mountains of Japan. With the snow yet to come it’s time for hiking boots.

Our Japan adventures continue & with no snow at this time of year we’re looking at the other attractions. First there’s some rugby to watch…

In a country famous for its nordic skiing PlanetSKI finds there’s some seriously good alpine skiing too.

Pardon? It is a centuries old Tirolean tradition that is recognised by UNESCO & we’ve been experiencing it today.

PlanetSKI visits Nassereith in the Tirol for the Schellerlaufen event. It dates back to 1740 & is recognised by UNESCO.

Helicopter search on Nanga Parbat for two mountaineers, Swiss school trips on the rise + 120 evacuated from French cable car. ROLLING

The Carrick-Smith brothers could be the brightest future of British alpine racing. PlanetSKI has been to meet them and watch them train.

We’re going to be based there for 3-months from February 1st. Wey, hey! But why Innsbruck?

British freestyle skier Kirsty Muir has spent a week at a training camp in Whistler. Here’s her final blog for PlanetSKI.

GB’s young freestyle skier heads up the hill to be coached by skiing royalty. Read Kirsty Muir’s latest account from Whistler, written exclusively for PlanetSKI.

Young freestyle skier Kirsty Muir has arrived in Canada for a training camp at Whistler. She’s keeping a diary for PlanetSKI.

With the huge snowfalls of last winter and a recent top up the glaciers are in their best summer conditions for years. PlanetSKI looks at the options.

We do so in one of the most iconic resorts in the Alps on its closing day, May 1st. Fun, memories, powder, partying, laughs, drinks + everything else besides.

Our editor is reasonaby adept on skis, but in the saddle…? James Cove has just had the time of his life in cowboy country near Steamboat.

The Colorado resort is perhaps best known for its wide groomers & intermediate terrain. Not so. PlanetSKI tackles the steeps. NEW

Resorts are offering alternatives to skiing & snowboarding. In Winter Park, Colorado, we’ve been ski-dooing and a few other things besides.

The PlanetSKI Idaho road trip heads north to Schweitzer Mountain Resort. Check out the journey & our live blog from the largest resort in Idaho. UPDATED

We’re heading from Boise to McCall in deepest Idaho and the ski resorts of Brundage Mountain & Tamarack. The journey itself proved an adventure.

In 2015 PlanetSKI reporter, Clare Meaney, was involved in a “hit and run” accident in Val d’Isere. Finally she is back on snow.

– Siberian village of Oymyakon warms up
– Managing snow in Brač – Croatia
– Snowboarding in Rome
– Backflip off a chairlift
– Vintage snowcats

Our editor is doing what he loves most: roaming round the Alps visiting resorts he’s barely heard of. Next stop Nax. Where?

Our editor is doing what he loves most: roaming round the Alps visiting resorts he’s barely heard of. Next stop Chandolin/St-Luc in the Swiss Alps.

Our editor, James Cove, is doing what he loves the best. Roaming round the Alps visiting a bunch of resorts he’s barely heard of.

It is one of our editor’s favourite trips of the winter; his annual random trip round a few resorts in Norway. This year was the best ever…

Our editor is on his annual ski trip to Norway. He’s just visited a resort that gets an annual average of 18m of snow and been where? UPDATED

PlanetSKI is starting its winter in the US resort with the most terrain open. And rather good it is too! UPDATED

PlanetSKI reporter & adventurer, Squash Falconer, visits the Norwegian Fjords for a ski & sail expedition that includes touring up to the peak of Kopphornet.

The 4-week PlanetSKI road trip ends. We finish where we started, Utah, after a final day in Grand Targhee in Wyoming.

The month long PlanetSKI North America road trip ends where it started – Utah. No prizes for guessing which ski area James Cove visited to spend his last day on US snow.

PlanetSKI’s 4-week and 20 resort trip to USA and Canada continues. We have just spent 5 days in Banff blogging daily and below we reproduce the Canada leg of the trip in chronological order.

PlanetSKI is currently on a 4-week road trip in North America taking in around 20 resorts in the USA and Canada. We have just skied 3 resorts in 3 days…
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After flying the 1,250 miles from Denver to Calgary we’re pleased to be back on the road. After a little rest for the Sabbath. PlanetSKI is continuing its 4-week and 20 resort trip round North America. UPDATED

The heavy snow of Utah is but a distant memory as we have headed round to neighbouring Colorado.

PlanetSKI is on a 4-week road trip round 20 or so ski resorts in the USA and Canada. We have been blogging each day and here we re-produce the first week in full and in chronological order.

Downtown Denver to the ski slopes in little more than 90 minutes. The Winter Park Express is back and suddenly it’s a whole lot easier to go skiing in Colorado. PlanetSKI steps on board.